Improvement in reel



N. PETERS, PHOTO-L THOGHAPHER WASHINGTON D C f thliml uw #M whew-WILLIAM G. BROWN, OF CAN TiON, vNEW YORK,

Letters Patent o. 85,065, datedDeceinbW-22, 186.8.

nRovnMENT IN REEL.

' T ho Schedule referred to in these Lettore Patent and part orf thesame.

To all whom it may'concern: l

v Be it known that I, WlLLIAMG. BROWN, of Canton, in the conntyof St.Lawrence, and State ot'Nw4Yo1'lr, have inventeda new and usefulImprovement in Swifts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a'full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in' the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, vforming part of this specification, in which-Figure l represents a perspective view of my improved swift, and

Figure 2 represents a horizontal section ou the line xxofiigl.'

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts..

'lheobject of this inventionis toprovide an irnproved swift, which canbe adjustecLto skeins of any length, and which may carry more than oneskein at once.

It consists in providing thereel-head with two sets of round axialholes', parallel with each other, through the saine horizontally, and atright angles to each other, one set being higher than the other, inwhich the rightangle'd arms are secured vby a set-screw, tapped into theends ofthe shaft, in such a manner thatl the outer ends may beelevatedor depressed, to vary the'sweep ofthe same, by oscillating the innerends in their-,bear-V ings underthe setscrew.

The reel-arms are provided with a central prolongation, whereby twoskeinsl may be operated at once.

A represents the reel-head, which pierced radially bythe two setsof-arm-holes a and c', the holes a being .divided'into two parts by theprolongations c of the main portions, whereby two skeins may besupported and reeled atthe same time, of diii'erent lengths.

`When it is desired to vary the sweep of the arms,

it is only necessaryto-releve the ends of the. arms in the reel-headfrom the holding-pressure of the setserew,when they may be adjusted tothe size of the skein by either raising or lowering the outer ends. Theset-screw being then tightened -down upon the upper arms', and forcingthem down upon -the others, clamps' .the whole together'.

Having thus described my invention, v. I elaiinas new, and desire tosecure by Letters v Patenti- Y Thecombination of the right-angled arms,having Atheir heads provided with the prolongation c, with thereell1ead, provided with the sets of holes a and a', and theset-serew'B, all-constructed substantially -as and for.

thel purpose set forth. y

I I WM. Gr. BROWN. Witnesses:

j G. RENO,

FHM. CoLLrNs.

